Leviticus 13:12:6Lev.13.12.W6TAB
הַצָּרַ֗עַת
hatsaraat
“the leprosy”
- Transliteration
- ha-tsa-RA-at
- Extended
- hah-tsaa-RAA-at
- IPA
- /ha.tsːaˈraʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the leprosy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ha-tsa-RA-at
- phraseyour reading level
veh-khis-TAA ha-tsa-RA-at
- clause
veh-IM-pa-ROH-akh tif-RAKH ha-tsa-RA-at bah-OR veh-khis-TAA ha-tsa-RA-at ET KOL-OR ha-NE-ga me-ro-SHO veh-AD-rag-LAV
- sentence
veh-IM-pa-ROH-akh tif-RAKH ha-tsa-RA-at bah-OR veh-khis-TAA ha-tsa-RA-at ET KOL-OR ha-NE-ga me-ro-SHO veh-AD-rag-LAV leh-KOL-mar-EH ee-NEE ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The repeated noun ha-tsara‘at {הַצָּרַ֙עַת֙ | ha-ṣā-ra-ʿat} ‘the skin disease’ underscores ritual seriousness.
Root and etymology
ts-r-‘tsade–resh–ayin
“to strike or afflict”
In context — Leviticus 13:12
And if the skin disease spreads out in the skin and covers all the skin of the afflicted person from his head to his feet, as far as the appearance is seen by the eyes of the priest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 13:12, so the Hebrew word הַצָּרַ֗עַת (hatsaraat) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.13.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.12.W6.S1) and character.